Best/correct way to remove cams?

[SteelGreyM]

Need to remove my cams. I saw a method online where you rotate the crank counter clockwise approx 30 degrees and then turn the cams so that only cyl 2 and 5 are engaged. Then remove all nuts except for those 2 cylinders. Then finally remove those cylinder nuts slowly as not to bend the cam. Is this the recommenced method?

thanks.

[heinzboehmer]

https://m3support.net/thread/186/e46-m3-cams-diy

[SteelGreyM]

https://m3support.net/thread/186/e46-m3-cams-diy

Awesome thank you!

[DanAvoN7]

Follow the TIS procedure for replacing the cams. This is the correct way to remove/install cams in regards to the actual cams as well as the vanos.

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...mshaft/4PH6wZa

[Slideways]

Yup, I saw the same TIS procedure about the 30 degrees counterclockwise from TDC in the headgasket DIY - https://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/threa...e46-m3.205525/

[SteelGreyM]

So really what I’m getting from all of these is that it’s not really a big deal where you remove them. Just as long as you remove the nuts where the bearing is pushing the valve last and slowly.

I will say though. The guide on m3support seems safer because only 1 cam lobe is under pressure. I feel like if two lobes were under pressure and 1 released before the other (which naturally will happen) some thing could bend.